Joyce N. Hertaus, age 77, of New Prague, died Tuesday, August 23, 2022.  Mass of Christian Burial will be Monday, August 29, 2022 at 10:00 AM at St. Wenceslaus.  Visitation will be Sunday, August  28 from 4-8 PM and Monday, August 29 from 8 – 9:30 AM at Bruzek Funeral Home.

The owners and staff at New Prague’s new McDonald’s at 101 Chalupsky Ave. SE held a ribbon cutting, with some confetti, the evening of Tuesday, Aug. 16. Participating in the ribbon cutting from left are Ariel Choate, Anders Choate, Annika Klugherz, April Choate, Josh Choate, Shannon Boyer, Jon Larson, and Lee Nowitzke. The new restaurant is having a grand opening celebration the week of Monday, Aug. 22, through Sunday, Aug. 28. The specials can be found in the issues of The New Prague Times, Montgomery Messenger and The Extra. (Patrick Fisher Photo)

Joyce Marie Korbel, age 88 of Lonsdale, MN passed away peacefully at her home on August 15, 2022. She was born in rural Montgomery on February 11, 1934, to Theo and Florence Rynda.
She attended Saint Raphael Catholic School and graduated from Montgomery High School in 1952. She worked as a bookkeeper for the Montgomery Sanitary Creamery for 6 years. On June 10, 1958, Joyce married Milton Korbel at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Montgomery. She and her husband were dairy farmers in rural Lonsdale where they raised their 4 children.

Per a news release from the Scott County Sheriff's office.
On August 20, 2022 at 4:04 p.m., Scott County 911 Dispatch received a call of a house on fire on the 26xxx block of Prairie Rose Ct in Cedar Lake Township.  
Firefighters were later able to extinguish the fire; however, the house sustained substantial smoke and fire damage.
Two residents were home at the time of the fire.  There were no injuries to the residents, first responders, or anybody else on scene.  “We are thankful that there were no injuries in this incident,” said Sheriff Luke Hennen.

Violet Chromy of New Prague has been named the 2022 Le Sueur County Outstanding Senior Citizen.
She will be honored at the Le Sueur County Fair in Le Center on Sunday, August 21 at 1 p.m. in the Pavillion.
Chromy has been a homemaker her entire life. The 85-year-old is a mother of nine children, grandmother of 26, and great-grandmother of 34. Taking care of her children is not the only activity Chromy has been involved with according to James Simon, who nominated her for the award.
“Violet has been so active...

New Prague’s summer concert series Music at the Broz closed out with lovely weather, toe tapping music and likely its largest crowd as an estimated 400 people came out to listen to the Eddie Shimota Band the evening of Thursday, Aug. 11.

St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in New Prague had a beautiful weekend for its annual Parish Festival. There were kids games, food trucks, music, bingo, and three Polka Masses.

The Lonsdale Chamber of Commerce aimed to bring celebration, community, and connections to the annual Lonsdale Community Days town celebration that happened this year on Saturday, Aug. 13.

The Region 3C Amateur Baseball Tournament came to an end Sunday, August 14 with the championship game.
Once the dust settled, four teams from the Dakota Rice Scott (DRS) league will be representing the Region at the Class A State Tournament.
St. Patrick is the No. 1 seed from the Region after defeating Montgomery 7-1 in the championship Sunday. Union Hill edged Webster 4-3 in the third place game Saturday, Aug. 13.

In the last few months I’ve had a few people say to me that I’ve been at The New Prague Times forever. While it hasn’t been that long, this Friday, Aug. 19, I do mark 23 years at the newspaper. I arrived in 1999, just before Dozinky, the community’s Czech harvest festival. I was amazed at how many people attended. Then, like now, Main Street became packed with people on Friday for Cruise Night and on Saturday for the music and the Parade of Farm Pride. For the headline about the festival in the paper that year I asked if there was a Czech word we could use that was the equal to WOW!

New Prague Mayor Duane Jirik, left, goes over some points about the New Prague Post Office to Rep. Angie Craig, second from left, at Lau’s Czech Bakery on Wednesday, Aug. 17. About 20 residents and local officials attended the meeting to discuss the need for changes or a new post office in New Prague. For more see an upcoming print issue of The New Prague Times. (Patrick Fisher Photo)

The New Prague School Board is drawing closer to finalizing a proposed voter levy request. At the school board’s Monday, Aug. 8, work session the consensus of the board was to have the levy in two questions and for it to be over a six year period.
At past meetings the school board has been discussing an operating levy referendum with it possibly to be part of the general election this November.

Montgomery and St. Patrick have punched their tickets to the Class C State Amateur Baseball Tournament after winning their first two games in the Region 3C Playoffs last weekend.
Montgomery knocked off Webster, 4-1, Friday, Aug. 5 and edged Union Hill, 4-3, Sunday, Aug. 7 to advance to the Region 3C Championship.
The Mallards will face St. Patrick, a 6-0 opening round winner over Veseli Friday and a 5-0 shutout of Faribault Monday, Aug. 8. Montgomery and St. Patrick will play Sunday, Aug. 14 at 1 p.m. at St. Patrick.

It was a night of musical appreciation for people who enjoy music and those who enjoy performing it at the Thursday, Aug. 4, Music at the Broz. The Echoes Big Band provided an evening of musical memories as they performed big band pieces from the 1930s and 1940s. The group of musicians played tunes from Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, and Tommy Dorsey, plus standards from the 1950s.
To see more on this story pick up the August 11, 2022 print edition of The New Prague Times.